Vehicle-tongue.



G. D. WRIGHT.

- VEHICLE TONGUE.

'APPLIOATION FILED DEO.9.1907.

Patented Oct. 13,1908.

avwenfoz CLARK DOLSON WRIGHT, OF PALESTINE, ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE-TONGUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 1a, 1908.

W Application filed December.9, 1907.- Serial No,

Be it known that I, 'CLARKD. VVRIGHT', citizen of the United States,residing at Pal- To all whom 'it 'may concern:

estine, in the county of Crawford and State oflllinois, have inventedcertam'new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tongues, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invent-ion relates in general to vehicles, and moreparticularly to asectional tongue having a novel format-ion whichpermits grain tobe unloaded at the elevatorwithout the necessityoffiunhitching of unsnappin the breast chains or check lines.

The. 0 ject of the invention is to design a tongue of thischaracter-which is stro'n and durable in its construction and whicenables the driver to retain complete control over his team. a

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means foreffecting the, result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a tongue embodying the.invention, the tongue sections being shown as locked in alinement witheach other. Fig 2. is a similar view on an enlarged scale showlngfthelocking memberas swung upwardly in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation showing the tongue'sections swung atv an angle to each other.Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a portion of the tongue. Fig. 5 is'anenlarged detail view of the hinge plates, portions being broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters. 1

The invention contemplates a vehicle tongue formed in hinged sectionswhich are normally held in alinement with each other by means of a novellockin mechanism.

Referring to the draw1ngs,-the-numerals 1 and 2 designate the sectionsof the tongue through the tongue. v In the'present instanceand theseslots are normall it will be observed that three of these bolts areutilized in connection with each of the plates 6,.one bolt being locatedat the outer end of each of the plates'while a pair of' bolts intransverse. alinement with each other are disposed toward the inner endof each plate. The abutting edges of the plates 6 have the longitudinalslots 8 formed therein in alinement with each other. It will a so beobserved that the portions of the tongue sections im- 'medi ately underthe slots 8 are recessed to receive a'swinging locking bar 9. The lowercorners of the locking bar are rounded or beveled and one end of the baris pivotally mountediup'on a bolt 10 passing transversely through therecess in the ton c section 1, while theopposite end of the ocking baris notched as indicated at 11 and is designed to engage a pin or bolt 12passing transversely through the recess in the tongue section 2.Attention is directed to the fact that V in rear of a pairof verticalbolts 7 and are therefore prevented from pulling I through the tonguesections should an excessive pull be exerted upon thetongue. Theswinging end of the locking bar carries aneye 13 for engagement with acord or like member which extends tothe dash-board.

In the operation of the device a slight pull upon the cord serves toraise the locking bar 9 to an" upright position whereupon the wagontongue drops down as far as the breast chains 1 will permit, usuallywithin about twenty inches of the floor. When the wagon is' dumped thestub tongue rises up with the wagon, clearing the check lines andleaving the tongue between'the horses to keep them' apart. After thewagon has been unloaded the horses are started forward and the breastchains caused. to tighten and.

vided with corresponding recesses and one of the recesses having'a pinpassing transversely across the same, and a locking bar pivotallymounted within the opposite rethrough each of cess and adapted to havean interlocking connection with the pin extending across the firstmentioned recess.

2flhe combination of a tongue formed in hinged sections,

the sections, it locking meniher piuotally mounted upon one of the pinsand adapted to engage the opposite pin to hold the two sections inelinenient with each other, and :1 second pin passing transverselythrough each of the tongue sections innuediately in front of the firstmentioned pin and arranged transversely with respect thereto so as toreinforce the same and prevent it from pulling out through the end ofthe tongue section.

a pin passing transversely..-

The combination of a tongue formed in sections pivotally connected hingeplates secured to one side of the sections, plates sccured to theopposite side of the tongue sections and provided ivith slots, the saidslots being in :ilincment with each other and the portions of the tonguesections under the slots being recessed, lllh'l a swinging lockingmember pivotally mounted within the recess of one of the tongue sectionsand adapted to be received within the recess of the opposite tonguesection nection with the said opposite tongue section.

CLARK DOLSON WRIGHT. lVitnesses JAMns \VnsLnY \Vinen'r, EDWARD E.Piricn.

and have an interlocking con-

